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From: Faith Wells
Sent: Sunday,June 2, 2024 2:21 PM
To: Council Testimony
Subject: Kalapana dump
Despite the lack of reporting kalapana area has had many cases of rat lung worm disease.This illness is cased by slug
interacting with rats. In recent years a particularly aggressive slug has overtaken this region and has lead to a rash of
more serious and even lethal cases of rat lungworm.These slugs love human food and congregate on plastic trash bins
and bags throughout the week between dump days. Most of our properties are small and the rat-slug cycle is happening
in our yards or our close neighbors yards because we can only remove trash one day a week. A baby in our neighborhood
almost died last year from rat lungworm be of how the situation with our dump has effected the safety of our
neighborhood. This is discrimination against a rural community with extraordinary health threats and I believe the dump
should be open a minimum of three days per week. Mahalo for hearing my concerns Sent from my iPhone
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